Mining Incidents

Wash Plant #1: 79 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Miller Sand & Gravel, Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Lawrence R Miller
Elk River, Sherburne County, MN  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2103354

Wash Plant #1 has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
79
citations
25
significant & substantial
$11,541
proposed penalties
$11,541
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
42
inspections on record
359
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 359 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Wash Plant #1 has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$12K
proposed penalties
$12K
current assessed
$12K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
71 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-10.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
32.1%
significant & substantial
7.7%
high negligence or reckless
32.1%
reasonably likely or greater
66.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 1.3% none, 21.8% low, 69.2% moderate, 7.7% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Health sampling
A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2021-10-20, 4 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
3
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (3)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2021-10-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-06-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2004-05-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 1.29 0.18 Washer Operator
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Miller Sand & Gravel, Inc. 2003 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 1
2025 1
2024 1
2023 1
2022 1
2021 1
2020 1
2019 1
2018 1
2017 1
2016 1
2015 1
2014 1
2013 1
2012 1
2011 1
2010 1
2009 1
2008 2
2007 2
2005 2
2004 1
2003 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Wash Plant #1 sits in Sherburne County, Minnesota, where the Census mining category is 0.2% of county employment.

Local economic context
County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Sherburne County, Minnesota · Population 99,178
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$102,965
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2026 Q2 721 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 0 1 0
2025 Q4 326 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 656 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 306 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 387 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 395 2 1 5063.3
Show 74 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 351 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 471 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 456 1 0 2193.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 465 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 545 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 428 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 66 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 466 4 2 8583.7
2021 Q3 376 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 398 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 289 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 395 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 205 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 524 2 0 3816.8
2019 Q2 260 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 488 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 584 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 279 1 0 3584.2
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 398 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 510 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 454 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 381 2 1 5249.3
2016 Q3 451 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 564 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 423 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 459 1 0 2178.6
2015 Q2 476 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 251 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 347 4 1 11527.4
2014 Q2 207 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 426 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 519 10 2 19267.8
2013 Q2 311 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 340 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 605 1 1 1652.9
2012 Q2 571 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 369 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 648 2 1 3086.4
2011 Q2 450 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 331 2 1 6042.3
2010 Q3 666 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 570 6 3 10526.3
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 384 1 0 2604.2
2009 Q3 655 5 2 7633.6
2009 Q2 646 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 909 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 951 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 301 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 859 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,105 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,080 1 0 925.9
2007 Q1 396 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,093 1 0 914.9
2004 Q4 650 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 652 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 491 4 0 8146.6
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 104 1 0 9615.4
2003 Q3 560 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.